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worth of al that he has sal of him, that mend
men to the session os sweet silent thought He Summon up remembrance of things pasti'
The idea os his Lise has been om a naturalbody, and has been aised a spiritual ody, ut theidentit is unituri the countenance hine and theraiment is hiis an Histerita, ut it is the same
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The Menaol is by r. Hallam. give it entire, not knowing anmhere a nobier o more touchingrecordis a sather' love an sorrow. Arthur Henr Hallam a bore in BedsordPlace, London, n the si os ebriiar I 8 II. Ver se years ad lapsed hesore his parent observe stron indications os his suture character, in peculia Clearnes of perception a facilit os acquirin knowledge, and above ali in an undeviat-ing Weetnes of disposition, an adherence to his sense of hat a right an beComing. si ad-vance to another stage of childhood, it Was endered stili more manifes that he would e distinguished stom ordinar persons by an increasing thoughtmlness, an a sondnes for a Clas o books, hicli in genera are so litile intelligibi to boys of his age, that the excite in them no hin os interest. In the summer of 818 e sperat ome monilis with his parent in Germany and NitZerland and hecame familiar illi the French an age, hi Ch
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in his our, it was found pon his retur that, avariet os ne scenes harin efface it rom his memory, it a necessar to egi again illi the fim rudiments. He ab early eight years old atthis time an in linte mole that twelve monilis hecould read Latin illi tolerable lacility. In this perio his ind was developin iiset more rapidlythan besore hemo sel a keen relisit for dramaticpoetry, and rote severa tragedies, is e may Ocal them, ither in prose or verse, With a more
precoctous display of talent than the Editor re- memberso have mei it in an other individual. The natura pride, however of his arenis, di nothlin them to the uncertaint that elong to ali premature efforis of the min&; and thenso carefullyavoide everything the a boasim display of los-
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an Assistant Master of Elon College. At Elonie continueri ill the summer of 18 27. He Wasmo hecomea good though no perhaps airstetate schola in the Latin and Gree languages. The os os time, relativel to this object in travelling, ut a more his increasin avidit sor a different in o knowledge,1nd the stron bent of his in to subjecis hichexercise the faculties than suci a the acquiremento languages alis into play, ill sussicienti account sor ha might seem a comparative deficienc in classica leaming. t an only, Οwever, e reChone One, Comparativel to his ther attainmenis,
an to his remarkable facilit in mastering the modern languages. The Editor has thought it notimprope to print in the fossowin pages an ton exercise, hich, as ritientelare the age of fourteen, though not re sto metrica and ther errors, appears perhaps to a partia jud ent, sar boveste leve of such compositions It is remarhablethat he hould have selecte the stor M Ugolino, sto a poet illi hom, and with hos language, he was then ut very lighil acquamled, but. hoWas aster ard to ecome, more perhaps than nyother, the master- move of his spiri I may beadded that great judgmen and aste are perceptibie in his translation, hicli is yino means a literaton an in hicli the phraseolog of Sophocles isno ill substituted in some passages for that of Dante.
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The Latin poetr os an tonia is generallyrechone a stat Schoo the clites est of his litem talent. That fortitur a good thout eing excellent he never ante depili of thought ortruth os Deling but it is es in a se rare instances, is altogether in any that an original indlias been nown to ulter iiset Mel an vigo ously, ithout sacrifice of purity in a language thecapacities os hic are so impersecti understood
an in his productions there a no the thorough conformit to an ancient modet hicli is requiredi perfeci elegance in Latin verse. He oo nogreat pleasure in his sori O composition and perhaps neve returne to itis his οὐ accota. In the alter par of his residelice at Elon, he Waslexaway more an more by the predominantitas of his ind, sto the exclusive stud of ancient liter ture. The poeta o England, speciali the older dramatista, cam With greater attraction ver his spirit He love Fletcher, an some of Fletcher's contemporaries for their enero os langua and
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Among the modern poets Pyron a at this time,sar bove the est, an almos exclusively, his savourite ; a preserenoe hicli, in later, ears, hetransferre altogether tomordsworth an Shelley. me hecame, hen about fleen years old, a
member of the debatin societ established mons the lde boys, in hich e oo great interest anethis serve to confirm the ias of his intellectoo-ward the mora an politica philosoph of moderatimes It was probably, hoWever os important utilityin ivin him that command of his is language hicli e possessed, a the followin Essays illshow, in a very Superior degree, an in exercisingitiose poWers of argumentative discussion, hich now displaye themselves as eminenti characteristic olliis ind. It was a necessar Consequence that hedecline stili more sto the usual pallis o study, and abale perhaps omewhat of his regar for the riters of antiquity It must not e underStood nevertheless, a mos of those ho rea these ages Nil be a Ware, that he ever os his sensibilit tothos eve livin effusion of genius hicli the ancienti an age preserve H loved Eschylus an Sophocles cito Euripides he hardi di justice), Lucre
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In the early par of 827 Arthur too a pari in the ton Miscellany a periodica publication, in Whicli ome of his friend in the debatin societyWere Concemed. He rote in his, besides a lawpaper in prose, a litile poemon a stor Connected
th the Lahe osmillamey It has notaeen thought by the Editor advisabie, po the whole, to reprint these Enes; though, in his opinion the bear verystrihin maris o superior powers. his a almost the fidit poeu that Arthur had ritten, except thechildisti tragedies bove mentione i ΝΟ ne Waseve les incline to the trich of versifying. Poet with him Was no an amusement, ut the naturaland almos necessar linguage of genuine emotion; an it was notuit the disciplinem serious reflection, and the approach of manhood, ave a realit and intensenes to suci emotions that he leame thecapacities of his own genius That he Was a poetb nature, thes Remain Wili sufficienti prove; ut certaint he was a remove stom ein a versifierb nature nor as e probabi able to perform, What he carce ever attempted, o rite easti indeleganti on an ordinar subjeci. The ines on thesior o Pygmalion are so far an exception that theyaros out o a momentar amusemen o society; but he could not avoid even in these, his o u grave tone es poetry. Upo leavin Elon in the summet O 827, e
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ac conat,anted his parent to the Continent, and passe eight monti V in Italy. his introductio to
intellectua delight, at the vel perio of transitions romaoyhood o outh, seale no doub the peculiarcharacter of his mind, an taught him, to soon sorhis eaee, to found thos depilis of though and Deling, stom hicli, aster his time, es that he wroteWas derived He ad When e passe the Alps, oni a moderate aCquaintance rit in Italia lan- mageri ut durin his residenc in the colanu hecam to spea it illi perfeci fluency, and wit a pure lenes pronunciation. In iis stud he Wasmuch assiste by his frien an instructor the Abbate Pifferi, ho encourage him to is first
expresse himself in term of high approbation. The rowin intimac of Arthur With Italian poeto ted hi naturali to that os ante. Nopoet a so congenia to the character of his om
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reflective minis in non other could e so abundanti find that dis lain os flowery redundance, that perpetua preference of the sensibi to the ideat that aspiratio for sona ha belle an les fleetin thanearthi inings, o hicli his inmos foui responde l. I the est genuine orshippers of the great Florentine poet, he rate the infimo below the two lauer portions of the Duna Commedia there a nothingeven to revolt his taste, butuather much to attrac it in the scholastic theolog and mystic vision of the Paradiso Petrarchae greatly admired, though ithles idolatry than ante and the sonnet here
he had imbibe the spirit Without servile Centonism, of the best riter in that style os composition hoctourished in the si Xteentii Centvry. But poetiy was no an absorbin passion a mistime in his minit. His yes ere fixe oi the est
pictures illi silent intense delicti. He had a deepand just perception o What was beautim in his ari, at eas in iis igher school for e id not pay
much regard or perhaps quite do justice, to themaster of the seventeent century. To technical criticis he made no sor o pretention aintingwas to tam but the visibi lan age of emotion and where it di no aim at excitin it, or employed in-2dequale means, his admiration ould e ictheld.
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Italia an German, of the age hicli precede thesuli development of art. Butae as almos as enthusiasti an admireris the Venetiari, as of the Tu can an Roman schools considering these astersas reaching the sam end by the different agencies oslam an colour. his predilectio for the sensitive beauties of aintin is ome at analogous to his sondnes sor harmon o verse, on hicli e laid more tres than poeta so thoughtsul are apto do.
In one of the las days of his lila, he lingere longamong the fine Venetia pictures of the Imperiat Gallei a Vienna. Me returne to England in Iune I 8ax and in the followin October, en down to reside a Cam-bridge havin been entere o the board of Trinit College elare his departure to the Continent He Was the pupil of the Rev. illiam
fest, he a no forme to obtain great academicat reputation. An acquaintance illi the leame lan. guages, considerable at the school here e was educated but no improved to a the least by the
intermiraton o a ear, during hicli his in hadbeen So occupied by the pursutis that he had thought litti os antiquit even in Rome iself, though abundanti sufficient so the gratificatio ost te and the acquisition fanowledge, as Sure toprove inadequale to the searchin scrutin os modern